Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,321-foot fourteener is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains and the highest point in the drainage basin of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California. It is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness in the norther…
Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,321-foot fourteener is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains and the highest point in the drainage basin of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California. It is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness in the northern San Juans, in northern Hinsdale County approximately 7 miles west of the town of Lake City.
Elevation: 14,321 ft (4365.0 m) · NAVD88
Location: High point of Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States
Prominence: 4277 ft (1304 m)
Isolation: 85.0 mi (136.8 km)
Listing: North America highest peaks 35th · North America isolated peaks 68th · US highest major peaks 21st · Colorado highest major peaks 6th · Colorado fourteeners 6th · Colorado county high points 6th
Parent range: Highest summit of the · San Juan Mountains
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